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    A non-linear differential equation model of COVID-19 and seasonal influenza co-infection dynamics under vaccination strategy and immunity waning
    (Elsevier BV, 2023-12) Rabiu Musa; Olumuyiwa James Peter; Festus Abiodun Oguntolu
    This study presents a mathematical model of the transmission dynamics of COVID-19 and influenza co-infection. The potential impacts of the influenza vaccine only on the co-infection dynamics and the potential impacts of both vaccines on the co-infection dynamics are thoroughly studied. The basic reproduction number for the two diseases using the next-generation matrix approach and the stability of the sub-model is examined. The model assessed the scenario whereby both diseases’ waning immunity occurs concurrently to check the epidemic peaks. The numerical simulation results show that the diseases would continue to be endemic in the population if the immunity waning rates increase. The epidemic peak can be reduced by increasing vaccination and vaccine efficacy rates. The results show that the COVID-19 contact rate significantly increases the epidemic level more than the co-infection contact rate. A similar result was obtained when it was observed that the COVID-19 post-recovery waning rate has more significant effects on the epidemic peak than the co-infection post-recovery waning rate. A possible reason for this counter-intuitive occurrence is that two infections cannot have the same viral load nor the same within-host competitiveness. This means an infectious co-infected person will transmit the infection with the highest within-host competitiveness. Here, it is suspected that COVID-19 has a within-host competitive advantage over influenza in the co-dynamics.
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    Transmission dynamics of Monkeypox virus: a mathematical modelling approach
    (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021-10-15) Olumuyiwa James Peter; Sumit Kumar; Nitu Kumari; Festus Abiodun Oguntolu; Kayode Oshinubi; Rabiu Musa
    Monkeypox (MPX), similar to both smallpox and cowpox, is caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV). It occurs mostly in remote Central and West African communities, close to tropical rain forests. It is caused by the monkeypox virus in the Poxviridae family, which belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus. We develop and analyse a deterministic mathematical model for the monkeypox virus. Both local and global asymptotic stability conditions for disease-free and endemic equilibria are determined. It is shown that the model undergo backward bifurcation, where the locally stable disease-free equilibrium co-exists with an endemic equilibrium. Furthermore, we determine conditions under which the disease-free equilibrium of the model is globally asymptotically stable. Finally, numerical simulations to demonstrate our findings and brief discussions are provided. The findings indicate that isolation of infected individuals in the human population helps to reduce disease transmission.